An Illinois federal judge seemed skeptical Tuesday that a construction equipment rental benchmarking service that allegedly facilitates an illegal rate-fixing scheme among major rental companies includes the sort of enforcement mechanism that would prevent their independent implementation of that data.
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Ill. Judge Questions Construction Rental Antitrust Case

By Lauraann Wood

An Illinois federal judge seemed skeptical Tuesday that a construction equipment rental benchmarking service that allegedly facilitates an illegal rate-fixing scheme among major rental companies includes the sort of enforcement mechanism that would prevent their independent implementation of that data.

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Teva Can't 'Literally Whine' Of Being Held To DOJ Admissions

By Bryan Koenig

A Pennsylvania federal judge has taken Teva to task for trying to avoid being held to its admissions of price-fixing in a $225 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, ruling that Humana can use those admissions in one of the first bellwether trials in sprawling multidistrict litigation.

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Eating Disorder Pros Group Ducks Antitrust Suit For Good

By Bryan Koenig

An Illinois federal judge permanently dismissed a proposed antitrust class action Monday accusing the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals of forcing specialists into expensive group memberships to obtain important certification, concluding the plaintiffs haven't shown that the organization has the needed market power.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Ed Dept. Can't Cancel K–12 Mental Health Grants Worth $1B

By Ben Adlin

A Washington federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration on Tuesday from terminating nearly $1 billion in K–12 mental health grants serving 15 states, finding that the plaintiff states are likely to prove the U.S. Education Department bypassed federal procedures when attempting to cut off the funds.

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LITIGATION

Judge Mulls Pausing Medicaid Work Rule For 'Frail' Recipients

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal judge said Tuesday he anticipates deciding by the end of the week whether the Trump administration will have to pause part of a new rule states must follow in determining whether medically frail Medicaid recipients are exempt from new work or school requirements.

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BofA Must Face Consumer Suit Over Autopay Double Charges

By Katryna Perera

An Illinois federal judge has ruled that Bank of America NA cannot avoid facing a majority of the claims in a lawsuit accusing the bank of not adjusting automatic payments on credit cards when customers manually pay off their statement balance in the middle of a billing cycle, finding a consumer established standing and showed evidence of a deceptive practice.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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Simpson Thacher Hung Client Out To Dry, Jury Hears

By Madison Arnold

A legal ethics expert told a Florida jury Wednesday that he believes Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's actions when representing Patriot National Inc. constitute legal malpractice leading up to the insurance services company declaring bankruptcy.

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Senate Postpones Key Vote For AG Nominee Blanche

By Courtney Bublé

The committee vote on acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's bid to take the permanent role, slated for Thursday, was postponed after Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., were not fully on board.

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GOP Bill To Curb Judge Shopping May Have Limited Effect

By Courtney Bublé

A Senate Republican has introduced legislation that he says will fix the judge shopping issue, but court observers don't think it will make much of a difference.

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King & Spalding Told To End 'Shenanigans' In Bid To Exit Case

By Brian Steele

The individual defendants in a $300 million fraud lawsuit have accused King & Spalding LLP of appellate "shenanigans" while it seeks to exit the case due to an alleged ethics conflict, claiming the firm has falsely denied representing corporate clients despite an attorney's appearance suggesting otherwise.

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9th Circ. Vacates Orrick Win In Stock Transfer Deal Dispute

By Hailey Konnath

The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday reversed a lower court's finding that Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP can't be held liable in a battle over a stock transfer agreement gone awry, ruling that California law does allow a party to the transfer to pursue equitable indemnity in the case.

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DOJ Wants To Let Immigration Judges Fine For Contempt

By Britain Eakin

The Executive Office for Immigration Review proposed a rule Wednesday that would allow immigration judges to impose civil monetary penalties for contempt on attorneys, their noncitizen clients and witnesses, operationalizing a power that has lain dormant since 1996.

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Legal Aid Union Alleges Unlawful Incentives To Break Strike

By Andrea Keckley

The Neighborhood Defender Services of Harlem union announced on the third workday of its strike Tuesday that it has filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board, accusing its management of offering unlawful incentives to cross the picket line.

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Former Trump Lawyer Officially Takes The Helm At SDNY

By Hailey Konnath

James McDonald, a former Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner who represented President Donald Trump in his appeal of his criminal conviction, was sworn in as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday after McDonald's predecessor Jay Clayton departed to serve as director of national intelligence.

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2nd Circ. Backs Ex-Shkreli Atty's 401(k) Restitution Deal

By Lauren Berg

A New York trial judge erred in rejecting a retirement-fund garnishment deal that would have protected Martin Shkreli's convicted former lawyer from tax penalties, the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday.

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DOJ Wants New Judge In Fired Court-Appointed US Atty's Suit

By Jack Karp

A lawsuit from the Seattle U.S. attorney who was swiftly fired from his post by President Donald Trump shortly after being appointed to it by a federal court should be reassigned to a different judge, the administration has told a Washington federal court.

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Segal McCambridge Settles Fired Secretary's Age Bias Suit

By Grace Elletson

Law firm Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd. has struck a deal to end a New York federal court suit from a former secretary who said her colleagues mistreated her because of her age, according to a Wednesday court filing.

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Comey Rips '86 47' Case, Says Warrants 'Misstated Facts'

By Lauren Berg

James Comey is taking another angle in his effort to dismiss an indictment stemming from a picture of seashells he posted on Instagram, telling a North Carolina federal judge that the government is pursuing the "vindictive" case because of President Donald Trump's "deep-seated animosity" toward the former FBI director.

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Berger Montague

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Cooley LLP

Cowdery Murphy

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DiCello Levitt

Dunn Law Firm

FeganScott

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Garwin Gerstein

Gibson Dunn

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HGT Law

HKM Employment Attorneys

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Holtzman Vogel

Jones Day

Kasowitz LLP

Katten Muchin

King & Spalding

L'Abbate Balkan

Lennon Murphy

Lockridge Grindal

Lowey Dannenberg

Markun Zusman

Morgan Lewis

Munger Tolles

O'Melveny & Myers

Orrick Herrington

Paul Hastings

Pretzel & Stouffer

Rivkin Radler

Schneider Wallace

Segal McCambridge

Sidley Austin

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Stearns Weaver

Sullivan & Cromwell

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Williams & Connolly

Winston Taylor

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Affordable Care LLC

Bank of America Corp.

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George Washington University

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HDR Global Trading Ltd.

Humana Inc.

Instagram Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

MasterCard Inc.

McDonald's Corp.

Patriot National Inc.

RB Global Inc.

Retrophin Inc.

Rouse Services

Sandoz International GmbH

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

The Charles Schwab Corp.

The Home Depot Inc.

Travere Therapeutics Inc.

University of Miami

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Judicial Conference of the United States

National Labor Relations Board

New Jersey Attorney General's Office

New York State Assembly

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Nevada

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